Synonyms for appoint
əˈpɔɪntap·point

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1. appoint

   Allot, originally to assign by lot, applies to the giving of a definite thing to a certain person. A portion or extent of time is allotted; as, I expect to live out my allotted time. A definite period is appointed; as, the audience assembled at the appointed hour. Allot may also refer to space; as, to allot a plot of ground for a cemetery; but we now oftener use select, set apart, or assign. Allot is not now used of persons. Appoint may be used of time, space, or person; as, the appointed day; the appointed place; an officer was appointed to this station. Destine may also refer to time, place, or person, but it always has reference to what is considerably in the future; a man appoints to meet his friend in five minutes; he destines his son to follow his own profession. Assign is rarely used of time, but rather of places, persons, or things. We assign a work to be done and assign a man to do it, who, if he fails, must assign a reason for not doing it. That which is allotted, appointed, or assigned is more or less arbitrary; that which is awarded is the due requital of something the receiver has done, and he has right and claim to it; as, the medal was awarded for valor. Compare APPORTION.

   Synonyms:
   allot, apportion, assign, award, destine, distribute, divide, give, grant, mete out, portion out, select, set apart

   Antonyms:
   appropriate, confiscate, deny, refuse, resume, retain, seize, withhold

   Preposition:
   Allot to a company for a purpose.

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1. appoint

   Synonyms:
   fix, determine, instal, allot, order, prescribe, institute, employ, apportion, apply, designate, assign, intrust, invest, ordain, arrange

   Antonyms:
   reverse, cancel, recall, withdraw, reserve, withhold, retain, undo, suspend, disarrange, disappoint

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1. appoint, name, nominate, constituteverb

   create and charge with a task or function

   "nominate a committee"

   Synonyms:
   found, form, put up, list, identify, represent, be, bring up, mention, name, describe, advert, plant, put forward, comprise, establish, key out, propose, institute, diagnose, call, charge, discover, make up, distinguish, cite, refer, nominate, key, make, constitute

2. appoint, chargeverb

   assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

   "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

   Synonyms:
   saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, name, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, charge, load, bear down, commit, blame, charge up, nominate, excite, lodge, send, constitute

3. appointverb

   furnish

   "a beautifully appointed house"

   Synonyms:
   name, nominate, charge, constitute

Matched Categories

1. • Equip

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1. entroverb

   beginning, start

   entro of my vlog will soon be out

   Submitted by addsaddad12 on August 14, 2022  

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1. appointverb

   Synonyms:
   fix, determine, prescribe, set, establish

2. appointverb

   Synonyms:
   direct, ordain, enjoin, require, command, decree, order, bid, impose, insist on

3. appointverb

   Synonyms:
   assign, allot, designate, destine

4. appointverb

   Synonyms:
   nominate, name, constitute, create

5. appointverb

   Synonyms:
   furnish, equip, supply

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1. appointverb

   Synonyms:
   establish, prescribe, ordain, enjoin, assign, allot, deputize, depute, commission, delegate, nominate

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1. List of paraphrases for "appoint":

   designate, nominate, appointment, appointing, appointed, appoints, name, designating, naming, appointments, identify, denote, designation

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How to use appoint in a sentence?

1. Trump Pentagon:

   Today, the Department of Defense announced that it intends to appoint former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, Ambassador Thomas Carter, Dr. Edward Luttwak, Mr. Scott O'Grady, Mr. Thomas Stewart, the Honorable Randy Forbes, Senator Robert Smith and Ambassador Charles Glazer to the Defense Policy Board.

2. State Enterprises Minister Soemarno:

   We want to speed up efforts to make Pertamina transparent - to make it into a world-class company - so today it was decided to dismiss all directors of Pertamina and appoint new directors.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   We need to appoint Supreme Court justiceswho will get money out of politics.

4. Mondaire Jones:

   When I became the first person in Congress to call for Justice Breyer to retire now, while President Biden can still appoint a successor, some people asked whether it was necessary, yes. Yes, it is.

5. Chief Secretary Mohd Zuki Ali:

   However, His Highness has given his assent to appoint Mahathir Mohamad as interim prime minister, while waiting for the appointment of the new prime minister. Hence until then, (Mahathir) will manage the country's affairs until a new prime minister and cabinet are appointed.